Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe

Abstract

The challenge to myself was to create a game that would negate my three dislikes in playing the “age old” Tick-Tac-Toe game.#1 dislike: The Tick-Tac-Toe game usually ends in a tie/stalemate, boring!#2 dislike: Whoever goes first in the Tick-Tac-Toe game, controls/dominates the game, being a bully.#3 dislike: The Tick-Tac-Toe game comes to an end too quickly without a chance to use mental extended strategy, not challenging enough.“Bottom Line:” in Stackable-3D-Tick-Tac-Toe, there is always a winner, Stackable-3D-Tick-Tac-Toe is a “winner” of a game and a helpful, healing Therapy Board!Endorsement: Richard McCracken has developed an awesome “Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe Board” which can be utilized as a vertical game board or as a functional activity. This board game is unlike anything I have seen in 20 years practicing as an occupational therapist.I utilize this game daily to promote fine motor coordination, strength, and pinch strength.

1 .  FIG.  1   , located in the Drawings file, page 1 shows that claim # 1  comprises of the original 9 inch by 9 inch, Square, 3 bolts by 3 bolts=total of 9 bolts of Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe.
 This claim not only claims the 9 inch by 9 inch, 3 bolts by 3 bolts=total of 9 bolts of Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe, but any size of square game board, either larger or smaller where the game of “Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe” can functionally be played. 
   FIG.  12   ,  FIG.  13   , and  FIG.  21   , located in the Drawings file, pages 8, 9 and 14 respectfully shows the items that comprise this version of “Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe” in this claim. 
 1. The game/therapy board, handle, and hardware 
 2. 50 of the red game pieces/tubies in the wide mouth plastic container. 
 3. 50 of the blue game pieces/tubies in the wide mouth plastic container. 
 4. A red and a blue plastic bowl for the game pieces/tubies to be poured into for better handling. These bowls are also used to cover the bolts once the board is placed into the backpack to stop any punctures through the backpack. 
 5. Two rule cards and DVD with instruction video. 
 6. Backpack for storage and transportation of game/therapy board. 
   FIG.  25   , located in the Drawings file, page 17, and  FIG.  12   , located in the Drawings file, page 8 shows that the original design of “9 inch by 9 inch, Square, 3 bolts by 3 bolts”, its rules, design, and size dimensions have been a really “good fit” for the game/therapy board. 
 It has proved to be a solid basis to use to extrapolate to the many other versions and sizes of Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe!
 The Rules of the Game/Therapy Board 
 
 [Regular Play—2 Players] or [Partner Play—4 Players, 2 players (Partners/Team—Red game pieces) and 2 players (Partners/Team—Blue game pieces), same rules just playing as partners.] 
 Rules: There is a winner every time! One wins by meeting the actions listed in either of the rules, 1, 2, or 3: 
 1. Horizontally/Across—having 3 of your color pieces in a row on the same level, (regular Tick-Tac-Toe per level). 
 2. Vertically/Upward—having 4 of your color pieces touching each other. 
 3. If a player knocks over any stack of pieces, that player loses the game. 
 4. The player that goes first cannot place one of his pieces vertically/upward until the player that goes second does so. When the first game piece is placed on the second level, the second level does not need to be filled by any number of game pieces as the next player could place his game piece in the third level on top of the piece that was just placed in the second level. This pattern of play continues for all levels until there is a win. 
 Summary: Play continues both horizontally/across and vertically/upward until one of the players wins or loses as described in Rules 1, 2, or 3. There is always a winner of every game! If the game is being played for rehab therapy, the opponent of the injured player needs to play with lest dominate hand for fairness. Patent Pending! 
 
     
     
         2 . comprises of the original 9 inch by 9 inch, Square, 3 bolts by 3 bolts=total of 9 bolts of Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe. Same as claim # 1  but the game/therapy board has the main focus of being a therapy board. The other “Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe” sizes, shapes, and additional colors of game pieces/tubies are excellent additions to be used for therapy as well. The following text of this claim explains in detail what the additional items that also comprises “Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe” being used as a therapy board.
 To understand more about this main focus of the game also being a therapy board, I believe a review of the letter directly following, from my occupational therapist, Kelly, explains the use well! As the inventor of this game/therapy board, I can tell you that there is a totally different emotion involved and seen, when the game is used as a therapy board. The emotions are not the highs of winning or the lows of losing but of “love of a helpful and healing” therapy! I have seen the therapy board, help and in some ways, encourage healing of my fellow patients who were stroke victims, having injured fingers and hands, handicapped both physically and mentally, etc. When Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe is used as a therapy board, the main focus is not for the board to produce a winner but to produce therapy actions that yield fine motor coordination, strength, pinch strength and also being a very functional activity. The therapy board has a mental component as stroke victims use the board in challenging procedures and building their decision making process. 
 Following is a letter from Kelly who was my occupational therapist which explains how she uses “Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe” as both a therapy board and a game. The letter was converted from a pdf file so there are a couple of small conversion issues that can be seen. 
   FIG.  10   , located in the Drawings file, page 7 shows an exact copy of the endorsement/reference letter showing Kelly's signature. 
 The letter is not intended to be “bragging” about the game/therapy board but to help recognize the functionality of the game/therapy board and how it achieves its intended and sometimes non-intended purposes and goals. 
 Sep. 29, 2022, To whom it may concern: 
 Richard McCracken has developed an awesome “Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe Board” which can be utilized as a vertical game board or as a functional activity. This board game is unlike anything I have seen in 20 years practicing as an occupational therapist. I have not encountered a board game like this in any rehab catalog or online that offers what this game can. 
 I had the privilege to work with Richard after his traumatic saw injury to his left hand. He had a tendon repair of his fingers which led him to occupational therapy services for over three months. He mentioned that he made wood working projects and had an idea for me and my patients! During his recovery he was able to fabricate this awesome game. 
 As a certified hand therapist, I utilize this game on a daily basis to promote fine motor coordination, strength, and pinch strength with my clients. They may at times play tic tac toe against one another or I have them manipulate the pieces and place on the board for a functional activity. It not only can address the physical limitations of the hand, but also adds in a social and mental component as they work on strategizing as well. 
 I hope you find this as interesting and as dynamic as I have. I think it is a brilliant activity not only for my clients that have a hand injury, but it is diverse enough to encourage cognitive and social impairments as well, offering a side of fun! 
 Respectfully, 
 Kelly A. Redding, MOT, OTR/L, CHT 
   FIG.  26   , located in the Drawings file, page 17 shows that when the game is used as a therapy board, items that are used in themselves as therapy tools can become accessories with the game. 
   FIG.  27   , located in the Drawings file, page 18,  FIG.  28   , located in the Drawings file, page 18, and  FIG.  29   , located in the Drawings file, page 19 shows that the therapy tools are used to pinch the game pieces, hold the game piece tight, then transport the game piece to the game board and placed over a bolt. 
 Tweezers can be used as well for the pickup and delivery of the game pieces/Tubies to the game/therapy board bolts. 
   FIG.  30   , located in the Drawings file, page 19, shows my mother-in-law who had a stroke, creating a pattern of alternating colors. 
 She does one color with one hand and then with her weak left hand, she does the other color. 
   FIG.  32    located in the Drawings file, page 20 shows where Gram's OT said to put all the colors into one bowl, so she can make decisions in both pulling and placing the game pieces. 
 To use other muscles in therapy, we used a hotdog grabber as our tweezers for the pickup and delivery of the game pieces/Tubies to the game/therapy board bolts. Then the “decision making” therapy continues as you separate all those game pieces/Tubies back into their individual color container. To add more “decision making” therapy, I would have Grammy count how many game pieces/Tubies we had of each color to see if we had lost any. 
 The occupational therapists that have seen the game being used as a therapy board, explain that being able to place the game pieces onto the game board at varying angles and positions is very important for a patient's therapy. So, the board can be placed at different heights, so the patient has to reach to the different levels producing the different angles in placing the game pieces. 
   FIG.  31   , located in the Drawings file, page 20, shows how by cutting and adding two, three inch pieces of ½ inch either PEX or PVC tubing, the therapy board can be placed on its side and be very stable. 
 With the therapy board being on placed its side, the placing of the game pieces now produces many new angles of finger, wrist, and hand motion as the pieces can either be pushed on pulled on from the back side or pushed on from the front. 
 There is also the focus of the therapy board being used as a “Constructor/Building Unit” with building parts that could be included with “Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe”. These additional building parts could be made of wood pieces that have 11/16 inch holes drilled in them such as the handle piece but smaller and could be different colors. 
   FIG.  49   , located in the Drawings file, page 30, and  FIG.  50   , located in the Drawings file, page 30 shows that the additional wood pieces would be used in conjunction with the ⅜ washers and game pieces to build small dollhouse structures looking like cabins. 
 The therapy patient will have a fun therapy workout in constructing the cabin and then tearing the cabin down for use for the next patient. These prototype structures were just a quick and crude present look of the small cabin structure. Future plans will have the roof wider and cut with the proper angles, so the roof pieces fit correctly. 
 
     
     
         3 . comprises of the original 9 inch by 9 inch, Square, 3 bolts by 3 bolts=total of 9 bolts of Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe board along with the other components in claim # 1  but the game/therapy board has the addition of a third player with a third color of game pieces, red, blue, and now white, or equivalent. The following text of this claim explains in detail what the additional items that also comprises “Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe” being used as a three player game board.
 When there are more than two players, “except for partner play-four players”, any player except the player that went first, can go vertical when it is his/her turn. Also, with this same situation with three players playing on an original 3×3 game board, there can be a time when the player that went first will have no choice, as all first level playing positions are already filled with game pieces, but to go vertical first. 
   FIG.  33    located in the Drawings file, page 21 shows the three player version of Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe which has been tested and is a lot of fun and it is a very much of a challenge as your mind is called upon to think outside of the regular two player format of Tic Tac Toe. 
   FIG.  34    located in the Drawings file, page 21 shows that with the addition of a third color, white, the 3 rd  container holding the white pieces/tubies, can be fitted nicely on the outside ledge and held down by the handle with the tightening of the wingnuts.
 The Rules of the Game/Therapy Board 
 
 [Regular Play—2 Players] or [Partner Play—4 Players, 2 players (Partners/Team—Red game pieces) and 2 players (Partners/Team—Blue game pieces), same rules just playing as partners.] Three Individual Players—If the game comes with three colors, usually red, white and blue, then 3 individual players can play the game. The same rules are followed with an exception and a possible additional procedure. The exception is that in the regular play rules, the player that went first is not allowed to go vertical until either the 2 nd  or 3 rd  player goes vertical, but there can be the case, where the player who went first will have to go vertical first due to no openings on the first level. A possible additional procedure is that once there is a winner, play can continue to see which of the 2 players left, wins 2 nd  place. 
 Rules: There is a winner every time! One wins by meeting the actions listed in either of the rules, 1, 2, or 3: 
 1. Horizontally/Across—having 3 of your color pieces in a row on the same level, (regular Tick-Tac-Toe per level). 
 2. Vertically/Upward—having 4 of your color pieces touching each other. 
 3. If a player knocks over any stack of pieces, that player loses the game. 
 4. The player that goes first cannot place one of his pieces vertically/upward until one of the players that did not go first, does so. When the first game piece is placed on the second level, the second level does not need to be filled by any number of game pieces as the next player could place his game piece in the third level on top of the piece that was just placed in the second level. This pattern of play continues for all levels until there is a win. 
 Summary: Play continues both horizontally/across and vertically/upward until one of the players wins or loses as described in Rules 1, 2, or 3. There is always a winner of every game! If the game is being played for rehab therapy, the opponent of the injured player, needs to play with lest dominate hand for fairness. Patent Pending! 
 
     
     
         4 .  FIG.  2    located in the Drawings file, page 2 shows a CAD black and white drawing, where claim # 4  comprises of the expansion of the original design covered in claim # 1 , yielding the “Mind Blowing”, “Mega Board” version of Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe, 15 inch by 15 inch, Square, 5 bolts by 5 bolts=total of 25 bolts
 The following text of this claim explains in detail what the additional items that also comprises “Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe” being used as a 15 inch by 15 inch, Square, 5 bolts by 5 bolts game board. This claim not only claims the “Mega Board” version of Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe, 15 inch by 15 inch, Square, 5 bolts by 5 bolts=total of 25 bolts, but any size of square “Mega Game board”, either larger or smaller where the game of “Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe” can functionally be played as described in this claim # 4 . 
 The mega board brings increased challenges with additional players with additional color pieces and additional playing area. Moving from the traditional 3×3 grid of Tic Tac Toe, “blows one's mind”. In playing the game on the “Mega Board”, the best fit is to have 4 or more independent players and colors. If there are only two players playing on the mega board, the rules must be changed to where there must be four of the same color pieces touching horizontally/across, the same as vertically/up and down. With three players, the rules can be switched back to the regular three of the same color pieces touching horizontally/across but you will spend most of your time blocking the player that went first. Four players with four different color pieces, seems to work the best playing on the “Mega Board”. Playing on the “Mega Board” with four players with four different color game pieces makes for a real need for a player to view and focus on the entire large board and all angles of your opponent's moves! In all the games that I played on the “Mega Board”, there was hardly any time where game pieces were placed on levels past the first. Most, if not all of the games, were won on the first level and ended quicker than games played on the regular 3 bolt by 3 bolt game board. So much space, so much fun! The reason that the thickness of the “Mega Board” increased from the thickness of 1.5 inches of the regular 3×3 board to two inches, is that you cannot buy 2 inch by 16 inch plank at Lowes. I went to a nearby Amish sawmill and was able to purchase one inch thick board that was 16 inches wide and 8 feet long. 
   FIG.  15   , located in the Drawings file, page 10 shows where I cut two boards, 15 by 15, alternated the grains, and screwed the boards together, thus making the thickness, two inches which makes the game board strong and heavy. 
 Warning: Do Not drop the “Mega Board” on one's toes! 
 
     
     
         5 . comprises of the reduction of the “Mega Board” version of Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe, 15 inch by 15 inch, Square, listed and explained in claim # 4 .
   FIG.  3   , located in the Drawings file, page 3 shows a CAD black and white drawing, the reduction of the “Mega Board” produces “The Rectangular” version of Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe, 15 inch by 12 inch, Rectangular, 5 bolts by 4 bolts=total of 20 bolts, called the “Semi Maga Board”. 
 The following text of this claim explains in detail what the additional items that also comprises “Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe” being used as a 15 inch by 12 inch, Rectangular, 5 bolts by 4 bolts game board. This claim not only claims the “Semi Mega Board” version of Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe, 15 inch by 12 inch, Rectangular, 5 bolts by 4 bolts, but any size of the rectangular, “Semi Mega Game board”, either larger or smaller where the game of “Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe” can functionally be played as described in this claim # 5 . 
 Even though this version of Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe has the same rules as the “Maga Board, 5×5”, there is a very important difference. This is the first version that the game board is not a square but a rectangle! This concept of being able to play Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe on a game board that is not a square game board, leads to many more configurations. These “many more configurations” will be listed throughout the following pages of claim # 6 . To test and evaluate this rectangular version, the 5×4, the “Maga Board, 5×5”, was used. 
   FIG.  35   , located in the Drawings file, page 22 shows that in converting the square “Maga Board, 5×5” to a playable rectangular board, several rubber bands were placed over one of the outside bolt rows, preventing any game pieces/tubies, to be placed in this row. 
 The test was positive! Playing Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe on a rectangular game board with the same rules as the “Mega Board, 5×5” version of Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe was successful and a lot of fun! 
 
     
     
         6 . This claim collectively comprises all the many collections, configurations, and sizes of the game board or the “entire collective” game board, where Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe can be successfully played. To define the two types of “game board” and [“entire collective” game board], the following explanation is given. The two types are just different modules of the game board. The phrase “game board” is a single, solid, game board that can be picked up in one piece. For example, the original 3×3 game board and the “Mega Board 5×5” game board.
   FIG.  36   , located in the Drawings file, page 22,  FIG.  37   , located in the Drawings file, page 23,  FIG.  38    located in the Drawings file, page 23,  FIG.  39   , located in the Drawings file, page 24,  FIG.  40   , located in the Drawings file, page 24, and  FIG.  41   , located in the Drawings file, page 25 all show examples of a [“entire collective” game board] which is where multiple game boards are placed together to produce an entire collective game board on which to play Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe. 
 By no means do these six figures show all of the different configurations of the [“entire collective” game board] type. As stated in the opening sentence, “this claim is collectively covering all the many collections, configurations, and sizes of a game board or the “entire collective” game board, where Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe can be successfully played.” 
   FIG.  36   , located in the Drawings file, page 22, and  FIG.  37   , located in the Drawings file, page 23, show where two original, 3×3, game boards are placed together to successfully play Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe. 
   FIG.  36   , located in the Drawings file, page 22, shows the two boards placed side by side yielding a 6×3 [“entire collective” game board]. 
   FIG.  37   , located in the Drawings file, page 23, shows the two boards placed in a diagonal configuration yielding one longest line of play of 6 bolts for game pieces where if the two game boards were placed side by side, you would have three longest line of play of 6 bolts for the game pieces. 
   FIG.  37   , located in the Drawings file, page 23 shows where to help in lining up the two game boards when placed diagonally, one can use a straight edge. 
   FIG.  38   , located in the Drawings file, page 23, shows a configuration that can be created when one has three of the original 3×3 game boards, kind of a “L” shaped [“entire collective” game board]. 
   FIG.  39   , located in the Drawings file, page 24, shows where four of the original 3×3 game boards are placed together to create a “Huge Mega Board” that is a huge 6×6 [“entire collective” game board]. 
   FIG.  40   , located in the Drawings file, page 24, shows a 5×5 “Mega Board” placed side by side with four original 3×3 game boards. 
 I guess to have a descriptive equation to list this configuration, one could write, [a 11×6—a 1×5]=Configuration of  FIG.  40   , located in the Drawings file, page 24. 
   FIG.  41   , located in the Drawings file, page 25, shows a “Mega Board”, 5×5, at the center and an original 3×3 game board at each of the four corners of the “Mega Board”, 5×5. This configuration yields two diagonal, “longest line of play”, of eleven bolts. 
 So, enjoy figuring out all the many options of the different collections and configurations that you can create with how many of the different versions/types of Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe game boards that you have. 
 
     
     
         7 . In claim # 6 , the following sentence was listed, “this claim collectively covers all the many configurations and sizes of a game boards or the “entire collective” game boards, where Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe can be successfully played. Not only are all the configurations and sizes collectively claimed, but also in this claim, # 7 , all the different materials that can be used to construct the game board and its accessories! For example, the game board could be made of metal of plastic instead of wood. The metal threaded bolts could be replaced by wood or plastic dowels but since you would lose the threads of the bolt, there would be no hold down force, etc. The game pieces/tubies, instead of being made of PEX or PVC plastic could be tubing made from metal or wood rings, etc. The grid lines could be changed from pint strip to being painted, etc.
 This claim, # 7 , also claims that even if the name of the game is changed by an “outside source” and the game still follows previous and later listed claims such as rules, changes in rules and additional rules, listed procedures, structures, different materials, etc., and the substance/DNA matches “Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe” listed text, it should be as Shakespeare said, “a rose by any other name, is still a rose! To give some examples of different suggested names, “3D Tic Stack Toe” and “3D Tic Tac Tubie”, but still “Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe”! This claim also lays claim to naming the game pieces as “Tubies” as they are cut from tubing. 
 
     
     
         8 . This claim comprises the subjects of Additional Rules and a few fun procedures using some of the components in various ways which are listed below:
 1. Additional Rules/“House Rules”   2. Computer Programming of “Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe”   3. The subset of the game in seeing how many game pieces/“Tubies” can be stacked on one bolt before the tower falls.   4. Stacking game pieces/Tubies off the game board for “fun building”.   1. “Additional Rules”/“House Rules: As the inventor of Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe, I like and enjoy the more simple, easy to learn, not complicated, game rules that have been listed so far for the game. But you know how “gamers” are, those who spend a lot of time playing games, love to add rules to the game, to make the game more variable and more challenging in knowing how to win. Also, these additional/“House Rules” are a way of producing a winner of the game much faster than just following the regular rules. So, here are two rules that have been suggested as the game was evaluated, tested, and played.   (1.) The “Diagonal Rule” is where a win for a player is accomplished by having three pieces of the same color in a diagonal line of 77 degrees, see  FIG.  42   , located in the Drawings file, page 26 and  FIG.  43   , located in the Drawings file, page 26.   The calculation of the 77 degree angle of the Diagonal Rule shown in  FIG.  43   , located in the Drawings file, page 26, was drawn to scale from the “setup” seen in  FIG.  42   , located in the Drawings file, page 26, which establishes the standard/requirement of the Diagonal Rule.   More simply stated, there will be one more game piece of same color, on the next bolt, over three bolts, either inclining or declining. Not sure if that was more simply stated?   (2.) The “Uneven, Top Three, Same Color of Piece Rule”, I know, what a long and complicated name of the rule but the name of the rule does need to be descriptive of how the rule works.     FIG.  44   , located in the Drawings file, page 27,  FIG.  45   , located in the Drawings file, page 28, and  FIG.  46   , located in the Drawings file, page 28, are all examples of a win for the white game piece using the “Uneven, Top Three, Same Color of Piece Rule”.   I have a few negatives with this rule. First, it is in direct opposition to one of basic rules of the game that states the following: 1. Horizontally/Across—having 3 of your color pieces in a row on the same level, (regular Tick-Tac-Toe per level).   Second, now this rule allows for a win when the three game pieces of same color occupy the top of the stack for three consecutive stacks, no matter the difference of heights of the three stacks! I think this rule is stretching things, I mean stretching stacks! I also think this rule allows for a “sneaky” win! I do not have any negatives with the “Diagonal Rule” as it “clean cut” but as you look at the boundaries and requirements of the “Uneven, Top Three, Same Color of Piece, Rule”, the “Diagonal Rule” is actually a subset of the “Uneven, Top Three, Same Color of Piece, Rule”.   2. This claim, # 8 , also concerns all electronic programming of all versions of the Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe game. As the game was played, there were some players who were thinking about and wanted to accomplish computer game programming of the game. It seemed to these gamers that the electronic programming of the game was feasible. Knowing a little about computer programing, I asked the question as to how do you program a hand and finger skill, the “keep on stacking game pieces until a tower of game pieces is knocked over to lose”? The gamers answer was that you would have to set a high limit of the height of game pieces. I lay claim to those who program the functions of the game, Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe, to create an electronic game, the programmers need to pay an “inventor's fee” to do so.   3. This claim, # 8 , also concerns this particular use of the game/therapy board, the focus is on the action word of “Stackable” in the game title of Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe. The regular game rules can be dropped, and the game board and game pieces can be put into “a lot of fun action” by simply stacking pieces on a single bolt, to see how high the game pieces can be stacked. The record stood at 17 for a long time, then a player broke the record on May 23, 2022, stacking 20 game pieces and then a couple of tries later, the record that still stands at 21, was accomplished. I think that player should become a surgeon, having hands that are steady, agile, and skillful!     FIG.  47   , located in the Drawings file, page 29, shows my attempt at stacking which proved that I am not a record contender and should not be a surgeon!  FIG.  47   , located in the Drawings file, page 29, shows my stack at twelve high. I did make it to 14 but as I was stacking my 15 th  game piece, I experienced my downfall!   4. In talking about stacking, you do not have to accomplish your stacking on one of the bolts, while you are waiting your turn or whenever or wherever, you can stack games pieces/“tubies” for challenge and fun, see  FIG.  48   , located in the Drawings file, page 29.   
     
     
         9 . comprises of the expansion and reduction of the sizes of the “Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe” game board. In the expansion of the original design covered in claim # 1 , brings one to be looking at games such as chess where the table size board game expands to a court size board where players pickup one chess piece with both arms and walks the piece to the acceptable square, Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe can follow the same route, to a court size board and even to a large field size playing area. You could have poles in the ground in a Tick-Tac-Toe grid, the game pieces would be lightweight but large. The two teams could have numerous players but the same number of players on each team. The basic rules of Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe would be adjusted and adapted to teams playing on the much larger playing area. The team players would get a great athletic workout in getting the game pieces up over the poles by using ladders, human ladder chains, or ropes or established ladders at each pole. This could be a great strength training and climbing game for the military and police and could even become a college and Olympic sport! Adding clock timing such as using a clock in chess matches is an option to further add to the strategies of playing Stackable-3D-Tick-Tac-Toe wherever and however it is played.
 This claim, # 9 , also claims the reduction sizes of game boards where Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe can be successfully played, which describes and explains the smaller or micro sizes of the game. With the bolts sticking up, allowing the game pieces to stay in place and to be held from sliding off the board, even when traveling, is definitely a great advantage of the design. The size of the game board, the game pieces and other accessory parts could be made much smaller and have a small “footprint”. Small enough to be on the side of any restaurant table and be pulled into play while waiting for your food. Small enough to be played in cars, buses, ships, airplanes, etc. Small enough to be pulled from a pocket or a purse. Stackable 3D Tic Tac Toe could be transported and played, just about everywhere.